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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1973
Page
2
Lake of the Fires services and church activities list daily events from Sunday through Friday. Gravity Christian Church and Church of the Pentecost also publish Sunday worship times and midweek services led by Carl Cummings and James McCaughlin respectively.
A round up of recent books features Forsyth in DOGS OF WAR with mercenaries, McDonald’s Lew Archer thriller SLEEPING BEAUTY, Tryon HARVEST HOME, Stewart HOLLOW HILLS sequel, and Bouton profiles of baseball managers, plus a note on Ross McDonald’s suspenseful series.
An editorial credits Madeline Murry O Hara with influencing school prayer policy by collecting 27000 letters opposing Bible readings in space missions. It urges readers to sign, recruit five friends, and mail the form to press NASA to censure astronauts and curb religious displays.
June 8 records include Drew William Lash mett 18 Gravity and Helen Teresa Cross 17 Bedford. June 11 lists Henry Thomas Lemke 18 Bedford and Janie Lou Osburn 18 Bedford. June 16 shows Alvin Dean Perdew 29 Conway and Jeanette Kay Tilk 20 Conway.
The pastor announces Sunday activities with Sunday School at 10:00 am Preaching at 11:00 am Youth Service at 7:00 pm and Evening Worship at 7 30 pm All times are local church schedule for the day.
The United Christian Presbyterian Church presents a Sunday schedule with 9 30 Sunday School, 10 45 Morning Service, 8 30 Youth and Junior High Fellowship, and Thursday 7 00 choir practice program.
Bedford United Methodist Church announces a Sunday service at 9 30 am with worship at 10 30 am and Sunday School for all ages. Thursday evening 9 00 pm features Jr and Sr Choir practice led by Pastor Robert L Truitt.
Pastor John M. Duran leads a worship service at St Timothy Lutheran Church at 11:00 a.m. Choir notes and sermon details accompany the weekly schedule. Listeners can hear The Lutheran Hour each Sunday on KFEQ.
Hamilton Memorial Missionary Church pastor Larry Secor hosts Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship 10 45 Sunday evening 7 30 Family Night Thursday 7 30 nursing homes visits 2nd and 4th Sundays radio Your Worship Hour Sundays at 8 30 on KMA. Jehovahs Witnesses schedule Kingdom Hall 204 Jefferson St Bedford cop 10 00 Sunday public watchtower study 8 30 p m Thursday ministry school 8 30 p m presiding minister Carroll Akes 523 2802. Sacred Heart Church service 5 p m Saturday night. Berea Church of Christ Bible study 10 a m morning worship 11 a m weekly transportation by Wayne Mapley.
The Iowa Commission on the Aging seeks nominations for an Over 65 honor recognizing a senior who improved others' lives in the past year. The award, to be announced at Senior Citizens Day on August 22, offers the winner as a guest at the fair. Submit 500 words describing the nominee’s work to help seniors, by July 27, to the Iowa Commission on the Aging, 415 Tenth St Des Moines IA 50319, with contact details.
List of new vehicle registrations by name and town from June dates. Earl Hull Bedford Ford and Robert Benson Conway Chevrolet appear among entries. Other registrants include Cecil Newkirk Bedford Ford Herman Haering Lenox Ford Leo Evans Lenox Oldsmobile Donald Mack Jackson Hopkins Chevrolet Eldon Fine Bedford Hudson Dean Beemer Buick Wayne Swartz Bedford Chevrolet Joseph R Everhart Blockton Ford Dean Beauchamp registered June 15.
Taylor County Extension officials announce the annual 4-H Junior Day Camp on Friday June 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Lake of Three Fires. Junior 4-H'ers ages 9 to 11 may bring a non 4-H peer. Activities include swimming softball crafts volleyball a cookout and a watermelon feed. Costs are covered by the Taylor County 4-H Booster Fund. Call the Extension Office in Bedford for reservations.
The article cites Ralph Nader condemning certain cars as highway booby traps and calling for retraining and reconditioning of hundreds of thousands of American motorists deemed unsafe at speed.
Funeral services for Clyde Elvin Jeter 55 of Bedford were held Monday June 18 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home Bedford conducted by Carl Cummings. Jeter died June 15 1973 at Afton Iowa interment Fairview Cemetery Bedford. He served in World War II and worked at a Standard Oil Skelly station and on the Bedford police force. He leaves a step daughter Patricia Epperson and her son Jeffery of Omaha, his mother Corda Jeter of Clearfield and five brothers and three sisters. He was a member of American Legion and Lotts Grove Baptist Church.
Arthur Dickson president of the AAA Motor Club of Iowa voices strong opposition to proposed 65ft truck length. He notes safety studies show higher fatality rates as truck size increases and questions benefits to Iowa motorists. He cites poll results and urges defeat of the measure.
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